From: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:52:36 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update docs.
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Update docs.
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diff --git a/doc/standards.texi b/doc/standards.texi
index a13058a..20e27a4 100644
--- a/doc/standards.texi
+++ b/doc/standards.texi
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ specifications by writing a name inside square brackets, like this:
 @code{[IA32-v3]}.  These names refer to the reference names used in
 this documentation (@pxref{References}).
 
+If you remove existing Pintos code, please delete it from your source
+file entirely.  Don't just put it into a comment or a conditional
+compilation directive, because that makes the resulting code hard to
+read.  If you're worried about 
+
 @node Conditional Compilation
 @section Conditional Compilation
 
@@ -81,6 +86,13 @@ and off with a compile-time directive.  You must use the macro name we
 specify for that part.  @xref{Problem 1-4 Advanced Scheduler}, for
 details.
 
+@item
+Problem 3-2, paging to and from disk.  Your page replacement policy must
+default to LRU-like replacement, but we must be able to choose a random
+replacement policy with a compile-time directive.  You must use the
+macro name we specify for that part.  @xref{Problem 3-2 Paging To and
+From Disk}, for details.
+
 @item
 Code written for extra credit may be included conditionally.  If the
 extra credit code changes the normally expected functionality of the
diff --git a/doc/vm.texi b/doc/vm.texi
index bf53bf8..260f9d9 100644
--- a/doc/vm.texi
+++ b/doc/vm.texi
@@ -374,6 +374,12 @@ pages less frequently using your algorithm than using some inferior
 page replacement policy.  The canonical example of a poor page
 replacement policy is random replacement.
 
+You must write your code so that we can choose a page replacement policy
+at compile time.  By default, the LRU-like algorithm must be in effect,
+but we must be able to choose random replacement by inserting the line
+@code{#define RANDOM_REPLACEMENT 1} in @file{constants.h}.
+@xref{Conditional Compilation}, for details.
+
 Since you will already be paging from disk, you should implement a
 ``lazy'' loading scheme for new processes.  When a process is created,
 it will not run immediately.  Therefore, it doesn't make sense to load